楞伽阿跋多羅寶經註解 2.202

2.202

The three fetters are precisely what is severed at the first fruit; between them and the delusions of view with the eighty-eight proclivities, there is only a difference of brevity and detail. Saying that they also have lower, middling, and superior is because the fetters and delusions are divided into three according to the faculties of the person. 'Advancing progressively', and so forth: in severing delusions and realizing fruits here, there are altogether three severances and four transcendences. The term 'progressively' is spoken with reference to faculties capable of great transcendence.